Bring out the brooms! OSU takes another from UIC to complete the weekend
sweep. Here are the pertinent details.
1 2 3 T
UIC 2 2 3--7
OSU 2 5 3--10
FIRST PERIOD
1. UIC Zullinick (Knorr) 7:21
2. UIC Judson (Smiley) 10:30
3. OSU Schriner (Burke, Walsh) 11:33
4. OSU Schriner 15:32 (sh)
PENALTIES:
UIC, Zdan, Roughing (5:11); OSU, Riedel, interference (12:36)
OSU, D. Smith, Hooking (15:20); UIC, Watson, Tripping (16:21)
SECOND PERIOD:
5. OSU White (D.Smith, Loney) :16
6. OSU Guilbault (Painter, Riedel) :55
7. OSU Cadman 3:34 (sh)
8. UIC Schneider (Knorr, MacDonald) 4:38 (pp)
9. OSU Schriner (Brandt, Burke) 11:50 [in case anyone cares, no hats were
10. OSU Painter (Richards) 14:38 thrown]
11. UIC Maher (Knorr) 19:43 (pp)
PENALTIES:
OSU, Burke, Interference (2:41); UIC, Knorr/Dennis, Roughing (9:01)
OSU, Walsh/Schriner, Roughing (9:01); UIC, Judson, High Stick/Roughing (12:02);
OSU, Brandt, High Stick/Roughing (12:02); UIC, Dennis, Roughing (13:58);
OSU D.Smith, Roughing (13:58); OSU, Bench Minor, too many men (18:10)
THIRD PERIOD:
12. OSU Burke (Walsh) 1:21
13. OSU White (Walsh, Painter) 4:50 (pp)
14. UIC Knorr (Dennis, Schneider) 8:41 (pp)
15. UIC Dennis (Judson) 12:43
16. UIC Judson (MacDonald, Zdan) 17:49
17. OSU Richards 19:07 (en)
PENALTIES:
UIC, Finn, Hitting From Behind (4:39); OSU AMORPHOUS PENALTY (UIC scored and it
was announced as a power-play goal, I do not remember anything being called);
UIC, Knorr--double minor, Roughing (9:06); OSU, Ott--double minor, Roughing
(9:06); UIC, Real/Zullinick, Roughing (18:17); OSU, Graham/Riedel, Roughing
(18:17)
SHOTS ON GOAL
1 2 3 T
UIC 8 15 17--40
OSU 11 14 7--32
Goalies: UIC, Hillebrandt--32 shots, 22 saves
OSU, Bales--40 shots, 33 saves
POWER PLAYS: UIC, 3 of 5
OSU, 1 of 3
A--Sparse
Where to start, where to start. Except for the last nine minutes of the game,
this was the best hockey I've seen OSU play all year. They carried the
blue-line with a sense of purpose and set up and completed pays. On defense,
they stuck with their assignments, got back on defense to keep ice balanced,
and cleared the puck from the slot.
The first period started out with both teams contesting each other in neutral
ice (a contrast to last night when both teams contested nothing). OSU got
caught early as UIC scored the first two goals; one as an OSU power play
expired and the other a result of a turnover at neutral ice which resulted in a
3 on 1 and a pretty centering pass from UIC's Smiley to Judson who rattled the
puck off the left (goalie's right) post and in.
The next 15 minutes belonged to OSU as they dominated the Flames on both ends
of the ice and for the first time this year, were able to use good judgement in
taking the body and not getting caught out of position because of it. OSU
rattled off 5 unanswered goals, including 2 shorthanded goals and 2 goals in
the first minute of the second period. Schriner's shorthanded goal at 15:32 of
the first was especially pretty as he took the puck away from a UIC player in
the slot who was facing an open net. Schriner tried to clear it but a UIC
defenseman knocked it down. Schriner followed up his clear attempt and poked
the puck away from the defenseman allowing him to break up ice adn come in on
Hillebrandt alone. Schriner beat Hillebrandt between the legs, one of 6 OSU
goals to beat Hillebrandt at the 5-hole.
Cadman capped off OSU's three-goal second period barrage ( 3 in first 3:34 of
2nd) with a shorthander of his own. Phil blocked a UIC drive from the point,
the puck rebounded behind the UIC defense, Cadman followed and got a breakaway
out of it. (If you said he beat Hillebrandt between the legs, YOU ARE
CORRECT!)
UIC got the goal back during the same power-play just a minute later, but OSU
built its lead to 7-3 before UIC could get a late power-play goal with just 17
seconds remaining in the second.
The third period started well for OSU as Burke and White scored in the first 5
minutes of the period to give OSU a 9-4 lead, but, as is becomming an all too
familiar pattern with this team, OSU sat back on their skates the rest of the
period and let UIC take the play to them. Not counting the 12-4 loss to MSU,
OSU has outscored its opponents in the first two periods only to be woefully
outscored in the third. If they could have held on to third period leads
against Bowling Green, Miami, and W. Mich (they lead BG 5-0 late in the second)
they would be 6-6-1 (7-6-1 overall) instead of 3-8-2.
UIC mounted a late comeback, scoring three unanswered goals, mainly on blasts
from the points which seemed to surprise Bales for some reason. At 17:49 of
the third, UIC narrowed the gap to 9-7 as Judson took a nice centering feed
from MacDonald, who was behind the net, and banged a hard shot by Bales on the
stick side. UIC pulled their goalie and actually had three or four good
chances before Richards hit the empty net from his own blue line at 19:07 to
seal the victory at 10-7.
The empty net goal is kind of funny since both Schriner and Richards missed it
on consecutive rushes from UIC's blue line before Richards finally nailed it.
It made me think of the stories I have heard about the Cornell-Providence(?)
ECAC playoff game in the early 80's where apparently, Providence had a 5-1 lead
going into the first, but Cornell cut it to a 5-4 lead late in the game.
Cornell pulled its goalie and Providence was able to get a player with the puck
and in the clear who missed the empty net. As the puck went around the boards,
a Cornell player picked it up and passed it to another Cornellian camped out on
Providence's blue-line. He brole in alone and tied the game. Cornell won the
game in OT 6-5. Lynah must have been a' rockin'.
--
Dave [log in to unmask]
Cornell '91 OSU Med '95
Let's Go Red!
"If I have seen further, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of
giants."
--Sir Isaac Newton
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